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[We haste to Thy temple, O Father]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Incipit: 34555 53653 35432

Author: Grace Glenn Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: We haste to thy temple, oh, Father! Refrain First Line: Greet with thy presence thy children, Lord Used With Tune: [We haste to thy temple, oh, Father!]

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Be in Our Midst Today

Author: Grace Glenn Hymnal: Carols of Joy #7 (1882) First Line: We haste to Thy temple, O Father Refrain First Line: Greet with Thy presence Thy children, Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [We haste to Thy temple, O Father]

Be in our midst to-day

Author: Grace Glenn Hymnal: The Morning Star #16 (1877) First Line: We haste to Thy temple, oh, Father! Refrain First Line: Greet with Thy presence Thy children, Lord Lyrics: 1 We haste to Thy temple, oh, Father! We long for Thy presence to-day; As thirst panting harts by the wayside Delight by the waters to stray. Chorus: Greet with Thy presence Thy children, Lord, Grant us the promise of Thy word; Jesus, we need Thee on our way, Be in our midst to-day. 2 We haste to Thy temple, oh, Father! Our fast fading strength renew; Bind up thou the wounded in spirit, Our faith and our courage renew. [Chorus] 3 We haste to Thy temple, dear Father, Smile down from Thy glory above; We shall not grow weary well-doing, If blest by Thy presence of love. [Chorus] Tune Title: [We haste to Thy temple, oh, Father!]

Be in Our Midst Today

Author: Grace Glenn Hymnal: Songs of Glory No. 2 #12 (1881) First Line: We haste to thy temple, oh, Father! Refrain First Line: Greet with thy presence thy children Languages: English Tune Title: [We haste to thy temple, oh, Father!]

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Composer of "[We haste to Thy temple, O Father]" in Carols of Joy James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry